No Hope so far. Looks like Arians is still running the Steelers offense against us.

Last year much was made of the high ranking our defense had but we couldn't score so teams didn't have to rack up points. This year we can score and our defensive rankings have fallen to second worst in the league.

anndd we just gave up a 7:30 minute 80 yard drive where the defense accomplished nothing.

I met my Spergon Wynn's mom once in a bar in Houston. It was a little awkward.

Two guys gotta be gone, the sooner the better:1) Owen Maricic: stone hands, and did you see that non-block on the TRich run for -3 at the 1? The guy hasn't done jack all year.2) Reggie Hodges: stunningly, consistently terrible punting this season, and now he drops a perfect XP snap.

Gradysmanldy wrote:That was some of the most uninspiring play calling ive ever seen from Shurmur, and that's actually saying something.

Defense looks absolutely awful today.

As awful as it looks, they've kept the team in it and only allowed 14 points from 2 long drives. Need to work on getting off the field better.

Shurmur just doesn't know what the hell to do. Either just run out the clock (the Tressell way) or go for it (the Urban way). Trying to go for it by halves is just asinine, and winds up with you getting to the 40 and then pussing out.

I thought it worth noting that Bruce Arians tried to out-Shurmur Shurmur at the end of the half with his TO at the end of the first half. Not only did he ensure ham hands Hodges not touching the ball with 25 seconds left but he also ensured only the Browns could score with a hail maty throw made easier by the fact he had 12 guys on defense AFTER the timeout.

peeker643 wrote:I thought it worth noting that Bruce Arians tried to out-Shurmur Shurmur at the end of the half with his TO at the end of the first half. Not only did he ensure ham hands Hodges not touching the ball with 25 seconds left but he also ensured only the Browns could score with a hail maty throw made easier by the fact he had 12 guys on defense AFTER the timeout.

Dumbass.

Ben Roethlisberger is the only reason Arians still has a job. Ironically he also is the reason Arians no longer works in Pittsburgh. If the guy could do his job properly, the Steelers never would have let him go -- something Rapistburger fails to realize.

municipalmutt wrote:What is it about a screen pass that is so elusive for us to execute?

I know. High school teams at every level can do this.

I know we don't have guards that can pull and our fullback sucks, but the blocking down field by receivers is nonexistent too. It's like when the play is a screen pass, that receiver is on an island alone.